Primary infection with Zika virus provides one-way heterologous protection against Spondweni virus infection in rhesus macaques
A. S. Jaeger, C. M. Crooks, A. M. Weiler, M. I. Bliss, S. L. Rybarczyk, A. Richardon, M. Einwalter, E. Peterson, S. Capuano, A. Barkhymer, J. T. Becker, J. T. Greene, T. S. Freedman, R. A. Langlois, T. C. Friedrich, M. T. Aliota
This study shows that ZIKV infection protects against SPONV in rhesus macaques, but not vice versa, suggesting one-way cross-protection between the viruses.
bioRxiv · Dec 16, 2022Microbiology